(05-14-2013 10:56 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: None of my winnings would go directly to UAB. All of it would go directly to destroying Bama football, which would be more beneficial to human evolution in the long run.

I'm sure the people of the surrounding contiguous states appreciate the generosity of Alabama folks who help their kids get better schools. In 1997 when B'ham City had one computer per academic department in its high schools, the GA high school I went to work for had one new computer in each classroom, several in each teacher lounge and a dozen or so in the library, and they told me that Baldwin County (Milledgeville) had the most primitive (technologically speaking) set ups in the state.

I don't personally know all the other districts (GA has 159 county systems plus many city systems), but I did see that teachers left for other GA districts at a high rate (20+% per year) and often for better pay and working conditions.

Reminds me of one of my all time favorite sound bites. When speaking of a potential lottery, a preacher on TV said (paraphrased):
Gambling is a sin...Alabama doesn't need an education lottery no more than it needs an education whore house